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Trista Patterson
USFS Pacific North West Research Station, Ecological Economist
Sitka, Alaska
In her role as Ecological Economist with the US Forest Service, Trista has been a key player in mainstreaming the concept of ecosystem services in [...]
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Shanna Ratner
Yellow Wood Associates, Principal
St. Albans, Vermont
Shanna is a researcher and trainer, with 20 years experience specializing in rural community economic development. Through Yellow Wood Associates, she works with federal, state, [...]
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Nirmala Nair
Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives, Director
Cape Town, South Africa
Nirmala has expertise in social activism, community organizing and systems thinking, and is Director of ZERI (Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives) in South Africa. In [...]
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Michelle Erickson
Erickson Strategies, Principal
New York City, New York
Michelle is a thought leader working at the intersection of sustainability, technology, and innovation. She speaks regularly at industry conferences and is frequently interviewed by [...]
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Michelle Miller
Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems - University of Wisconsin – Madison, Associate Director
Madison, Wisconsin
Through the sustainable agriculture research center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, Michelle works with over 50 researchers, representatives from 13 state agricultural organizations, and [...]
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Lena Hansen
Rocky Mountain Institute, Principal, Electricity Practice
Boulder, Colorado
Lena is a Principal with Rocky Mountain Institute’s electricity practice, where she specializes in energy and carbon strategy as well as design innovation for electric [...]
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Kristi Kimball
Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation, Executive Director
Fairfax, California
After 8 years with the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as Program Officer, Kristi is now the Executive Director at the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation. In [...]
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Karin Jakubowski
Clean Air-Cool Planet, Coordinator, Northeast Science Center Collaboration
Northford, Connecticut
Clean Air-Cool Planet is dedicated to finding and promoting solutions to climate change. As coordinator of the Northeast Science Center Collaborative, Karin works with more [...]
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Josephine Brennan
Sustainable Value Creation Ltd., Founding Director
East Twickenham, United Kingdom
Josephine is a Sustainable Business Consultant and Executive Coach with 15 years senior level experience across renewable energy, cleantech project and sector development, top tier [...]
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Elizabeth Soderstrom
American Rivers, Senior Director of Conservation
Nevada City, California
Elizabeth joined American Rivers in 2008, and works in the California Office on headwater restoration, acquiring water rights for instream flows, and incorporating Native American [...]
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Cynthia Pansing
Changing Tastes Consultants, Principal
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Cynthia is a principal with Changing Tastes, a consulting firm based in the Washington DC metro area. The firm provides strategic planning, facilitation, research, organizational change [...]
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Christine Negra
EcoAgricultural Partners, Director of Research
New York City, New York
Dr. Christine Negra is an experienced scientist with a strong and dynamic track record of linking science with policy in the areas of climate change, [...]
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Brooke Simler Smith
Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), Executive Director
Corvallis, Oregon
At COMPASS (Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea), Brooke has helped build a non-traditional bridging organization that connects ocean scientists and science to the media, [...]
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Andrea Athanas
African Wildlife Foundation, Senior Program Design Officer for Eastern Africa Region
Arusha, Tanzania
Andrea is Senior Program Design Officer for Eastern Africa region of AWF (Africa Wildlife Foundation). Prior to joining AWF Andrea was the Senior Program Officer [...]
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Amba Jamir
The Missing Link (TML-India), Executive Director
Guwahati, Assam, India
A development consulting expert with over 15 years of multidisciplinary experience from policy formulation to project development, Amba is professionally trained as an environmental lawyer [...]
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Catharina Any Sulistyowati
Kuncup Padang Ilalang (KAIL), Coordinator for Youth Program and Sustainable Community Initiative
Bandung, Indonesia
Any’s passion is to motivate people to act effectively in response to social and environmental problems. In 2002 she founded KAIL (Kuncup Padang Ilalang), an [...]
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Susanne Moser
Susanne Moser Research and Consulting, Director and Principal Researcher
Santa Cruz, California
Susi is an action researcher whose work focuses on the societal impacts of, and responses to, climate change, and on how to communicate global warming [...]
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Jennifer Sokolove
Compton Foundation, Program Director
Redwood City, California
Jen manages Compton’s grantmaking programs in environment, peace, and reproductive health, and represents the Foundation in the nonprofit and philanthropic communities, as well as serving [...]
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Jerry Nagel
Meadowlark Institute, Co-Founder
Lake Park, Minnesota
Jerry believes strongly that participatory leadership and dialogue processes create communities and organizations where people are treated with respect and where there is an opportunity [...]
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Dayna Baumeister
Biomimicry 3.8, Keystone and Co-Founder
Helena, Montana
With a background in biology and applied natural history, and a passion for sharing the wonders of nature with others, Dayna has worked in the [...]
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Natalie Starr
DSM Environmental Services, Inc., Principal
Windsor, Vermont
Natalie has nearly twenty five years of experience in solid waste management, recycling and resource recovery, and energy consulting including twenty years with DSM Environmental [...]
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Anna Jones-Crabtree
US Forest Service, RegionalOperations Coordinator, Rocky Mountain and Northern Regions
Helena, Montana
As the Forest Service’s first Sustainable Operations Coordinator, Anna provides both regional and national leadership for the Rocky Mountain and Northern Regions. She works to [...]
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Maria Carvajal
SuMar, Choices for Nature, Founder
Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico
For more than 15 years Maria has worked in conservation and management of fishing resources, natural protected areas and wetlands in the Gulf of California [...]
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Marcelo Michelsohn
Madron & Michelsohn Consultancy in Organizational Systems, Sustainability Consultant and Process Facilitator
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Marcelo is developing a non-profit association for the advancement of systems thinking and the practice of liberating leadership in organizations. He is working in partnership [...]
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Virginia Farley
Conservation Study Institute, National Park Service (NPS), Director of Leadership Programs
Woodstock, Vermont
Virginia has worked in the conservation field for over 25 years. She served as a Regional Director for the Vermont Land Trust and currently serves [...]
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Sarah Khan
The Tasting Cultures Foundation, Inc., Founder and Director
New York City, New York
The Tasting Cultures Foundation, Inc. develops diverse educational programming about the intersection of food and culture. A main focus of TCF is “The Arts of [...]
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Lorie Loeb
TellEmotion, Inc, Co-Founder and President; Dartmouth College, Professor, Director of Digital Arts
Hartland, Vermont
Lorie builds technology tools to help affect change. She gets giddy about the innovation and creativity that happens at the overlap of science, art, visualization [...]
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John Fisk
Henry A. Wallace Center, Winrock International, Director
Arlington, Virginia
John Fisk, PhD, is the Director of the Wallace Center at Winrock International. The Henry A. Wallace Center works across the nation to increase the sustainability [...]
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William Young
US Air Force, Lieutenant Colonel
Cambridge, Massachusetts
An accomplished strategist and leader, William is a Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years of service in the United States Air Force. He is working to [...]
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Dominic Stucker
Sustainability Leaders Network, Programs Manager
Kentfield, California
Dominic is a convener, collaborator, and researcher who brings together diverse action teams to address pressing sustainability challenges. He is facile with group processes and [...]
